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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the way back to the base camp in the Rongbuk chapter, where did the team stop to refill their supplies?
(a) In Peking.
(b) In Shisha.
(c) In Lhasa.
(d) In Shekar.

2. What was the name of the first woman to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest?
(a) Tabei.
(b) Tung.
(c) Phantog.
(d) Ganpei.

3. As Messner and Nena gathered provisions in Peking in the Tibet chapter, they had an interpreter with them. What was the interpreter's name?
(a) Tsao.
(b) Zhang.
(c) Tian.
(d) Cheng.

4. According to Messner in the Tibet chapter, how long after landing in the Tsangpo valley did he expect it would take to reach Lhasa by jeep?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) One hour.

5. What does Potala mean?
(a) Safe haven.
(b) New beginnings.
(c) Place of the gods.
(d) Danger ahead.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the jeep finally arrived, where did the team travel to first in the Rongbuk chapter?

2. What item was found in 1933 below the North-East Ridge that led people to speculate that Mallory and Irvine were actually successful in reaching the summit before losing their lives?

3. For the 1975 Chinese expedition to Mount Everest, who was symbolically named the expedition leader?

4. In celebration of his 36th birthday, what mountain did Messner receive a permit to climb solo?

5. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena originally decide to travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Messner began his ascent of Mount Everest in the Chomolungma chapter, suddenly reaching the summit was not important to him. Explain why reaching the summit lost its importance.

2. As Messner studied the North Col, what did he hope would hold true based on the sixteen year weather cycle?

3. As Messner climbed to the summit of Everest in the Chomolungma chapter, what were his only two aids?

4. While trapped in the crevasse in the Chomolungma chapter, what promise did Messner make?

5. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, why would an attempt to preplan his solo climb be madness?

6. In the North Col chapter, why did Nena decide to change her socks just as Messner said he was ready to go for their walk?

7. As the expedition rested at the start of the East Rongbuk Glacier in the North Col chapter, Nena wrote in her diary that she was disillusioned with humanity. Why?

8. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, why did nomads love their homelands more than stationary citizens do?

9. Describe what a monsoon is.

10. According to Messner in the Chomolungma chapter, it would be impossible to reach the summit of Mount Everest without doing what first?

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